Elijah the ProphetHarper, 1875 - 217 pages |
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... gave their outward homage where they had long been giving their inward adoration ; and the mass of the community made no complaint when they saw well - nigh a thousand priests sup- ported from the royal funds . * A nation which could ...
... gave their outward homage where they had long been giving their inward adoration ; and the mass of the community made no complaint when they saw well - nigh a thousand priests sup- ported from the royal funds . * A nation which could ...
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... - work by the meditations and devotions to which he gave himself in this solitary place . It is in se- cret that God performs his mightiest works . No eye has looked into the great laboratory of Nature , wherein are BY THE BROOK . 27.
... - work by the meditations and devotions to which he gave himself in this solitary place . It is in se- cret that God performs his mightiest works . No eye has looked into the great laboratory of Nature , wherein are BY THE BROOK . 27.
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... gave to Elijah in connection with the command to proceed to Che- rith . " And it shall be , that thou shalt drink of the brook ; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there . " The Master whom Elijah served " sendeth no man a ...
... gave to Elijah in connection with the command to proceed to Che- rith . " And it shall be , that thou shalt drink of the brook ; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there . " The Master whom Elijah served " sendeth no man a ...
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... gave the word . Hence , ev- ery inhabitant of the land had a personal interest in dis- covering and making known his retreat . To suppose , there- fore , that in these circumstances companies of merchants , or the dwellers in a certain ...
... gave the word . Hence , ev- ery inhabitant of the land had a personal interest in dis- covering and making known his retreat . To suppose , there- fore , that in these circumstances companies of merchants , or the dwellers in a certain ...
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... gave it up , he looked lov- ingly at it , and tearfully asked the Jew if he might play one more tune upon it . " You don't know , " he said , " how hard it is to part with it . For ten years it has been my companion ; f I had nothing ...
... gave it up , he looked lov- ingly at it , and tearfully asked the Jew if he might play one more tune upon it . " You don't know , " he said , " how hard it is to part with it . For ten years it has been my companion ; f I had nothing ...
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Page 208 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock...
Page 192 - There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 209 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 56 - On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Page 148 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house : and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it ; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 8 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
Page 123 - For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Page 65 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 27 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?